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Energy minister visits Lanarkshire emergency hub during work to restore power supplies

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Energy minister Michael Shanks visited an emergency centre in his constituency dealing with the thousands of homes without power following the devastating impact of Storm Eowyn.The Rutherglen MP met staff at the SP Energy Networks hub in Cambuslang where repair efforts have been co-ordinated since Friday’s winds of up to 100mph across Lanarkshire and much of central and southern Scotland left more than 191,000 properties without electricity.He told how constituents in areas including Cambuslang, Blantyre and Uddingston had been among those affected at the peak of the storm, and added on social media that engineers had been “working flat out to restore power” since the weekend, amid “very difficult conditions, often with multiple faults on lines”.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Around 5000 customers across Scotland remained without power at lunchtime on Monday, with SP Energy Networks providing hot food vans over all three days for residents “in the areas most impacted by the storm” – including facilities at Lesmahagow Road in Lanark and at Annathill in North Lanarkshire.SP Energy Networks posted on Facebook: “Energy minister Michael Shanks visited one of our emergency action centres at our Cambuslang depot where teams are co-ordinating efforts to rebuild areas of the network damaged by Storm

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